Grounds Maintenance Crew Leader

This classification performs supervisory and manual work related to construction, repair, maintenance, landscaping, and groundskeeping of city streets, roads, drainage systems, parks, and recreation facilities.

Benefits

• 12 scheduled paid holidays per year
• Paid vacation time and paid sick leave
• BCBS health and dental insurance with low premiums
• Retirement through the Retirement Systems of Alabama
• $1.00 per hour pay differential for employees holding a Class A CDL
• $0.85 per hour pay differential for employees holding a Class B CDL

Responsibilities

• Provides direction, guidance, and assistance to employees; assigns and evaluates work; addresses employee concerns and problems; provides training as needed.
• Organizes and prioritizes projects; assigns work, monitors progress, and inspects completed work.
• Ensures adherence to established safety procedures; inspects and monitors property, facilities, and equipment to maintain safety; uses precautionary safety equipment and monitors the work environment.
• Supervises and monitors a work crew assigned to city projects, including construction and maintenance of streets, roads, drainage systems, right-of-way areas, parks, recreation facilities, and grounds.
• Maintains city property and public areas to ensure safety, removing hazards such as low-hanging limbs, fallen trees, and overgrown landscapes.
• Makes recommendations for long-term and short-term department goals, projects, and activities.
• Maintains inventory of department equipment, tools, supplies, and materials; coordinates availability and initiates requests for new or replacement items.
• Supervises and performs manual tasks related to landscaping, groundskeeping, and maintenance of city parks and recreation facilities.
• Responds to emergency calls during hurricanes, inclement weather, or other emergency situations.
• Operates a variety of equipment, machinery, and tools used in department projects and activities.
• Supervises the transport, loading, and unloading of materials and equipment; assists in setting up special events, including traffic control and litter pickup.
• Supervises and performs general maintenance tasks to keep machinery, equipment, and tools in operable condition.
• Prepares or completes various forms, correspondence, reports, maintenance logs, performance evaluations, accident reports, and other documents.
• Receives, reviews, completes, processes, and retains various forms, reports, logs, time sheets, work orders, purchase orders, schedules, architectural drawings, electrical diagrams, maps, chemical data sheets, manuals, and reference materials.
• Responds to complaints and questions related to department operations; provides information, researches problems, and initiates resolutions.
• Communicates with supervisors, employees, other departments, contractors, vendors, sales representatives, the public, and others to coordinate work activities, review status, exchange information, or resolve problems.
• Communicates via telephone and two-way radio; provides information and assistance; takes and relays messages; directs calls to appropriate personnel.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Two years of previous experience and/or training in landscaping, groundskeeping, or a related field; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Valid State of Alabama driver’s license; may require a valid Alabama Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
• Valid State of Alabama commercial/custodial applicators license preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of basic arithmetic properties.
• Skill in operating and controlling equipment, machinery, tools, and materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments.
• Ability to calculate and tabulate data, including performing subsequent actions related to computational operations.
• Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data and information.
• Ability to calculate decimals and percentages, utilize principles of fractions, and interpret graphs.
• Ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and exercise independent judgment to develop approaches and techniques for problem resolution.
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.

Physical Demands

The work is moderately physically demanding, requiring exertion of up to 50 pounds of force. Tasks involve regular performance of moderately physically demanding work, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling. Some tasks require lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling moderately heavy objects and materials.

• Ability to perceive and discriminate colors, sounds, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals.
• Ability to communicate orally.

Work Environment

Work is performed in an outdoor environment. Essential functions may require exposure to adverse conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, toxic agents, disease, or pathogenic substances.